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Book

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 : an interactive history adventure

Call Number

  • J 324.62 BURG (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, 2015.

Physical Description

112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Summary

"In You Choose format, explores the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including the struggles minorities had in achieving the right to vote, enforcement of the law, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s"--

Contents

  • The struggle to vote
  • Working the summer of freedom
  • The heroes of summer
  • The rise of Chicano power
  • The effects of the voting rights act.

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